890  
CDUS43 KDMX 062233  
CLIDSM  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
533 PM CDT WED AUG 06 2025  
   
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 6 2025  
 
VALID TODAY AS OF 0520 PM LOCAL TIME.  
 
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020  
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2025  
 
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST  
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR  
NORMAL    
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TEMPERATURE (F)  
TODAY  
MAXIMUM 81 359 PM 101 1918 85 -4 81  
MINIMUM 67 1003 AM 53 1887 66 1 63  
1989  
AVERAGE 74 75 -1 72  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.30 1.86 2014 0.13 0.17 T  
MONTH TO DATE 0.30 0.79 -0.49 T  
SINCE JUN 1 15.33 9.87 5.46 13.12  
SINCE JAN 1 27.16 23.72 3.44 26.43  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
TODAY 0.0 MM MM 0.0 0.0 0.0  
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SINCE JUN 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SNOW DEPTH 0  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING  
TODAY 0 0 0 0  
MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0  
SINCE JUN 1 4 16 -12 1  
SINCE JUL 1 0 1 -1 0  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 9 10 -1 7  
MONTH TO DATE 35 64 -29 92  
SINCE JUN 1 721 636 85 759  
SINCE JAN 1 775 719 56 856    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.6  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
THUNDERSTORM  
RAIN  
LIGHT RAIN  
FOG  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 100 1000 AM  
LOWEST 61 400 PM  
AVERAGE 81  
   
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 85 100 1988  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 48 1989  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
AUGUST 6 2025........SUNRISE 615 AM CDT SUNSET 826 PM CDT  
AUGUST 7 2025........SUNRISE 616 AM CDT SUNSET 824 PM CDT  
 
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.  
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.  
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.  
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.  
 
 
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